Coffee container



March 3, 1936.

M. MQSTKOFF 2,032,763 COFFEE" 'CONTAIN ER Filed Oct, 23, 1934 INVENTOR. Mar/vs flfas/xfari" BY a ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 3, 1936- 2,032,763

, UNITED'VSTATES PATIENT OFFICE 2,032,": cor-res commas Morris llloltkofl, New rm. N. 1. Application October 2:; 19:4, Serial no. 149,53: 1 claim. (emu-m) I The inain object of this invention is the protop I4 and the bottom wall it. A top wall 22 vision of a coffee container provided with means and a bottom wall 2| are rigid with the upper operable to permit any one 01' a plurality of and lower peripheries, respectively, of the wall l9. measured quantities of coffee to be poured from Radial partitions 2|! divide the wall I! into two 5 the container, so that the proper quantity of sectio the first section comprisingtwo-thirds 5 ground coiieeior any given number 01 cups to of the area described by the wall l9, and the be prepared, is always assured with accuracy. second section the remaining third. The two- Another object of the invention is the provithirds section is that enclosed by the two-thirds sion of such a container with a rotatable mempart of the wall IS, the top and bottom walls 22 her having graduations on the outside of the and 2|, and the partitions 20. In other words, 10

container by means of which the amount of this section enclosedasjust mentioned, indicated coffee to be poured out of the can is regulated. by the numeral 22, comprises two-thirds of the A still further object of the invention is the volume or the cylindrical wall 19. The remainprovision of means for absorbing oxygen from ing third, between the partitions 20, is divided the air contained within "the container, so that byadditional partitions 24, into a number of 15 the cofi'ee therein is preserved fresh. equal volumes or compartments. These com- The above and other objects will become appartments, indicated by the numeral 25, are open parent in the description below, in which charat the top and bottom. A handle 26 projects 'acters of reference refer to like-named parts in from the wall I9 through the slot IS. The edge h wi oi the slot II is graduated to indicate the num- 2o Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a ber of cups of coflee to be prepared. An arrow perspective view of the container. 21 is marked on the cap for the purpose presv Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the ently to be described. line 2-2 of Figure 4. The hollow base i0 is filled with coffee 28.

25 Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the The handle 26 rests at the line 29 which reads 25 line 3-4 of Figure 1. closed. It, now, it is desired to pour from the Figure 4 is a plan view of the container. container the proper amount or ground coffee to Figure 5 is/a cross-sectional view taken on the prepare two cups, the handle 26 is moved to the line 5-5 of Figure 1. leit (Figure 1) to rest under the index number 30 Referringin detail to the drawing, the numeral 2". Then the container is turned upside down; 30 ill represents the base of the hollow container, In this position, only one of the compartments and, as shown, this base tapers slightly upward. 25 is open on its underside, so that coffee ialls N a th t p of the base H! a peripheral bead ll into this com artment and fills it. Then the p is provided. The mouth l2 projects above the handle 26 is moved in the opposite direction, bead ll. 7 that is, in the direction oi the arrow 21, as far 35 A cap l3 fits about the mouth l2. The fiat top as it will go. In the latter position, all of the 0! th cap, h w a is p v w 8 M compartments 25 come within the cut-out IS in cut-out portion equal in area to about one-third t t n of t cap 3 so that any coffee 00noi the area of the top H. A wall I6 is provided tamed in any of t compartments :5 111 n at a distance from, and parallel to, the top H. out. The operation for four more cups or any 40 fills Wall provided a Cut-Out area number from one t0 eimt is obvious Tile cmequal in area to about one-third of the area of d f r the wall it. The two cut-outs i5 and 11, instead ,fi f fii 'of being vertically in alignment, (that is, instead out the coflee the handle 25 is again restored to 01 the boundaries of the cut-out l1 being a vertithe posmon 45 cal projection of the boundaries of the cut-out within the comprtmnt 23 'chmoal I5) are displaced one-third of a quadrant from r similarly acting substance, is placed,

each other, as shown in Figure 3. In the side wall of the cap B, a peripheral slot l8 extends for the purpose 0f absorbing oxygen from the I, around twmthirds the periphery f the cap, air within the container. The charcoal is con- 50 that is, from a pointdirectly below one radial tamed in a porous Paper bag the like 32; in side of the cut-out l5 to a. point directly below the bottom wall 2| of the compartment 22, one the other radial side of the same. or more very small air vents 3| are provided A cylindrical wall I9 is rotatably mouhtes hrou h which t e a a access to the within the side walls of the cap and between the partment 22. When desired, the edge of the cap 55 2 goaa'nos n miybehlmeddown ov grflnbeadlltoaeal vertlcallymcedmrtfromachothenawllnmmmn drlun member mtatably mmmted within saidcap Obviousmmodmcatiomlnformmdshuctum betweensaidmsaldmemberhavlngaplumam-minus 'oneprmoreofsaidcompartmentsprdsressively' holhwoontah mopmztthetonacaponmd nrstwithoneofsaldcap penlngssndthenwith oontnmerhnvingstopnllandabottomnn, theother 1o anopenlnginthetopwallmdanopeningin MORRI$ MOSTKOFF. 1o thebottomwlllocllaldcamnldopmmgabemg 

